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    Hecht Global Health Faculty Network Award

    The Hecht Global Health Faculty Network Award promotes new research and programs in global health undertaken by members of YIGH Faculty Networks. Activities could include, but are not limited to, fostering and/or strengthening partnerships with colleagues, collecting primary data, or developing strategies and policies for improving health and health care. Networks are encouraged to consider how their proposal develops and tests new ideas that can be evaluated and scaled up. The awards are intended to lay the foundation for recipients’ successful pursuit of additional funding opportunities. For more information, email Abigail Smith.

    Application Deadlines

    • Application Opens: February 28, 2025
    • Submit by: March 28, 2025

    The Path of Serendipity

    Dr. Sharon Chekijian speaks with Dr. Robert Hecht, President of Pharos Global Health Advisors. Dr. Hecht’s career has taken him from the World Bank to the Yale School of Public Health where he is leveraging the resources at YSP to develop a master’s program in public health economics and financing in Cambodia. Discover how serendipity has fueled Dr. Hecht’s drive to foster the next generation of global health leaders and how advising and choosing wisely in low resource settings can reshape healthcare around the world.